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The BBC is advertising for a new controller of BBC Radio 5 Live, following the fall-out from the Lord McAlpine Newsnight investigation which forced the previous controller, Adrian van Klaveren, to step down. Based at MediaCityUK, the controller will report directly to Peter Salmon and take “creative, editorial and managerial responsibility” for running 5 Live.

Manchester’s Tangerine PR has restructured its senior team with the appointment of Mary Harding. The former senior account director at M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment will take up the role of managing director of Tangerine’s consumer division with immediate effect.

MediaCityUK owner Peel Media has reported a dramatic rise in revenues as the impact of the BBC's move to Salford begins to kick in. The latest filed accounts reveal that revenues grew by almost 100%, from £9m to £17.1m in the year to March 31. The accounts cover the period when most of the BBC's move to the 36-acre site actually took place, including departments such as CBBC, Sport, 5 Live and the North West news.